The real contagion at loose in the world – especially among the western nations… – is a virulent outbreak of statist authoritarianism.

“In short, this “photo op” is worth a thousand words. It’s a live action illustration of what’s been wrong since the beginning in March 2020. Namely, the predicate that one-size-fits all social control mechanisms—lockdowns, closures, distancing, masking, vaxxing—must be preemptively and harshly employed by arms of the state in order to stop the spread of an aerosolized airborne virus which cannot be seen and cannot be stopped.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stockman-patriotic-duty-my-eye